It is the driest, flattest, hottest, most desiccated, infertile and climatically aggressive of all the inhabited continents and still Australia teems with life – a large portion of it quite deadly. In fact, Australia has more things that can kill you in a very nasty way than anywhere else.
Ignoring such dangers – and yet curiously obsessed by them – Bill Bryson journeyed to Australia and promptly fell in love with the country. And who can blame him? The people are cheerful, extrovert, quick-witted and unfailingly obliging: their cities are safe and clean and nearly always built on water; the food is excellent; the beer is cold and the sun nearly always shines. Life doesn’t get much better than this…
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- Authors:
- Bryson, Bill
- Year Published:
- 2015
- Country of Publication:
- United Kingdom
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781784161835
- Number of Pages:
- 432
- Publication Date:
- 05/11/2015
- Publisher:
- Transworld Publishers Ltd
- Series:
- Bryson
- Place of Publication:
- London
- Language:
- English
- SKU:
- 9781784161835